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Pulwama to Balakot: The Untold Story Behind India’s Boldest Counter-Strike

22 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This isn't just a retelling of the horrific Pulwama terror attack and the retaliatory Balakot airstrike. It is a clinical dissection of Pakistan’s terror...

UPSC Stories

Meet IAS Smit Panchal a First-Generation Graduate Who Secured AIR 30

22 November 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

The inspiring UPSC journey of IAS Smit Panchal: from Gujarati-medium beginnings and financial hardship...

UPSC Stories

From Interview Rejections to Rank 1: How Devesh Kumar Sahu Topped CGPSC 2024 in His 4th Attempt (Exclusive)

22 November 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From repeated interview failures to Rank 1, Devesh Kumar Sahu’s CGPSC 2024 journey shows how discipline,...

Beyond Headlines

Music in the Heart, Steel in the Spine: The Making of DGP Kailash Makwana

21 November 2025

Pallavi Priya

- From winning a singing competition in college to leading the Madhya Pradesh Police, DGP Kailash Makwana’s...

Beyond Headlines

Whatever It Takes: Ayush Sharma’s Inspiring Rise to MPPSC Rank 4

21 November 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

Ayush Sharma’s success in MPPSC 2024 didn’t come easy—years of illness, setbacks, and hard work shaped...

Must Read

Who Is Senior IRS Rakesh Gupta? The Officer Appointed DGIT (Vigilance) and CVO at CBDT

20 November 2025

ACC Clears Major IAS Reshuffle; 7 Senior Officers, Including Srivatsa Krishna and Atish Chandra, Get New Appointments

21 November 2025

Meet India’s First Woman Law Secretary ILS Dr Anju Rathi Rana, Now Regularised as Law Commission Member-Secretary | Her Trailblazing Career

21 November 2025

Videos

Escaped Narrowly In Naxal Ambush, Got Injured In Communal Riots, This IPS Officer Is Living Under Constant Fire

20 November 2025

Sharad Gupta

Inside IPS Abhishek Yadav’s Mission to Build a Smarter, Kinder Police Force in Pilibhit

17 November 2025

Bhakti Kothari

Decoding India’s Internal Security Challenges with A UPSC Guru

14 November 2025

Sharad Gupta

Bureaucracy News

Who Is Seemant Kumar Singh? The IPS Officer Who Solved Bengaluru’s Rs. 7 Crore ATM Van Robbery in Record Time

22 November 2025

FIR Shockwaves in Assam: Retd IAS Hitesh Dev Sarma Accused of Threats Over Coverage of Singer Zubeen Garg Protest

22 November 2025

Big Move in Madhya Pradesh Police Administration: Delhi DPC Clears Path for 5 SPS Officers to Join IPS Cadre, Know their Names

22 November 2025

IRS Parthasarathy Bhaskar Devarakonda Appointed Dy Secy, Cabinet Secretariat; Tenure of IOFS Srivastava and IRS Narang Extended

22 November 2025

Who Is IAS S Gopalakrishnan? ACC Assigns Him Additional Charge of National Recruitment Agency While Serving as SSC Chairman

22 November 2025

Who Is IAS Chandra Sekhar Kumar? Senior Officer Given Additional Charge of Secretary, National Commission for Minorities by ACC

22 November 2025

PSU News

NTPC Bongaigaon Partners with Manipur Health Department to Provide Nutritional Support to 1,800 TB Patients

22 November 2025

Coal India Signs MoU with Rainbow Children’s Foundation to Fund Bone Marrow Transplants for Underprivileged Children

22 November 2025

BHEL Accelerates Growth in Green Energy and Railway Technology, Eyes Future-Ready Industrial Leadership

22 November 2025

Bharat Electronics Awards Rs 8.03 Crore Purchase Order to Avantel Limited for Power Amplifiers

22 November 2025

NLC India Concludes Vigilance Awareness Campaign 2025, Honors Employees and Students in Neyveli

22 November 2025

THDC India Limited Wins ‘Global Clean Energy Innovator of the Year 2025’ at GEEF Global Sustainability Awards

22 November 2025

Oil India Plans Repatriation of USD 300 Million from Russia by Early FY27, Revises FY26 Crude Output Target

22 November 2025

NBCC Signs MoU with National Horticulture Board for ₹42.37 Crore International Potato Centre Project in Agra

22 November 2025

Defence News

New Delhi hosts 7th Colombo Security Conclave NSA meeting, expands Indian Ocean security partnership, Welcomes Seychelles as Full Member

22 November 2025

NCC 78th Raising Day: Tri-Service Girl Cadets Join Defence Secretary in Homage to Fallen at National War Memorial

22 November 2025

Balancing Border & Biodiversity: Ladakh Approved 16 Defence Infrastructure Project, Sets New Template in Green Development

22 November 2025

Maritime Breakthrough: DRDO’s SWOTH Radar Targets Low-Observable Threats at Sea, A Major Leap in Maritime Surveillance

22 November 2025

Judiciary News

Forest Protection Reinforced: Supreme Court Secures Future of Central Empowered Committee for Forest Oversight

22 November 2025

Who is IPS Balveer Singh? Madras High Court Stays Trial in Custodial Torture Cases – Know the Details

22 November 2025

Judicial Officers Bar Practice Exemption: Three-Year Legal Practice Rule Doesn’t Apply to Judicial Officers Appointed Before 20 May 2025, Says SC

22 November 2025

2 Million Lives at Risk: Supreme Court Acts, Forms Panel for Polluted Jojari Bandi Luni river Restoration

22 November 2025

Opinion

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Prayoga: Where Research Meets Social Impact in Education

Anil Swarup

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Society@2035: The Reimagined Human Story

Anurag Goel

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UPSC Stories

Meet IAS Smit Panchal a First-Generation Graduate Who Secured AIR 30

22 November 2025

Muskan Khandelwal

The inspiring UPSC journey of IAS Smit Panchal: from Gujarati-medium beginnings and financial hardship...

From Interview Rejections to Rank 1: How Devesh Kumar Sahu Topped CGPSC 2024 in His 4th Attempt (Exclusive)

22 November 2025

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From repeated interview failures to Rank 1, Devesh Kumar Sahu’s CGPSC 2024 journey shows how discipline,...

The Boy Who Was Told He Would Fail - Now a 2021-Batch IPS Officer

19 November 2025

Pallavi Priya

IPS Mohibullah Ansari’s life proves that success in UPSC doesn’t belong to “geniuses” — it belongs to...

Social Media

Heroic Karnataka Elephant Rescue: How a 28-Hour “Impossible Mission” Became a Triumph of Wildlife Care, IFS Parveen Kaswan Shares Video

19 November 2025

A trapped elephant was rescued after 28 hours in Karnataka through a massive, expertly coordinated Forest...

IFS Officer Shares Video of Tiger Reserve Guide’s Leaf-Whistling Talent, Internet Tries to Guess the Tune

17 November 2025

Jaldapara National Park Guide Shows Extraordinary Leaf-Whistling Skills, Goes Viral

Who is IPS Shalabh Sinha? The Bastar SP Whose Kishore Kumar Rendition Took Social Media by Storm

14 November 2025

IPS officer Mr. Shalabh Sinha’s soulful performance of “Rimjhim Gire Sawan” at Dalpat Sagar goes viral,...

Book Reviews

Pulwama to Balakot: The Untold Story Behind India’s Boldest Counter-Strike

22 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This isn't just a retelling of the horrific Pulwama terror attack and the retaliatory Balakot airstrike....

A Journey to Find the Oldest and Most Legendary Trees in India

15 November 2025

Indian Masterminds Bureau

This insightful review is penned by Ms. Yauvanika Chopra, Associate Director, The New India Foundation,...

Hindutva, Hind Swaraj, and the Search for India’s Soul

9 November 2025

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

The cover page of Makarand Paranjape’s meditation on Hindutva and Hind Swaraj has a deep red background. Veer...